The Straits Times, 13 February 1938

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  • 38 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER [N MALAYA FINAL EDITION No. 321 Sunday, February 13, 1938 Price 10 cents THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper In Malaya. K"o. 321 Su,.Jay, February 13, 1938 Price 10 cents
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  • 374 1 Heads Discuss Singapore Manoeuvres LESSONS EXPLAINED IN TWO-HOUR CONFERENCE Naval And Air Aspects Are Stressed ESSONS of the big combined land, sea and 1 air manoeuvres held here recently were discussed at an important conference of the defence heads and all the principal officers of the
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  • 86 1 fHESE huge 15-inch practice shells for Singapore's big guns ware unloaded at the Singapore wharves. Weighing approximately a ton each, they will be fired out to sea at towed targets placed at ranges of more than 20 miles. The shells are filled with sand, but are
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  • 185 1 Will Go Direct To Naval Base SYMBOLS oi" Anglo-American amity, the Inited States cruisers Trent «;i, Memphis and Milwaukee will arrive at Singapore this morn*»« to a*«end the opening of the naval base graving dork. They will go directly to Johore Strait and will moor at buoys near
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    44 1 SVKIAN AicUUni C George Dalial. Mosul High Churchman, after a tour of Syrian communities all ovrr the United States, arrived at Tlymouth in the He de France on his way back to Iraq. In the picture Archbishop Dallal pours his coffee in the ship's
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  • 63 1 (From Our Own Correspondent Bangkok. Saturday. Many Chinese and Siamese members of eighteen secret societies and communist societies were arrested today. The police state the activities of those arrested have been known for some tlm:-. but the police had bided their time until evidence against
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  • 103 1 1 1 im Our Own Correspondent. London. S-tuiday. RVBBU: Steady. Icndon 6 15 ISd 7 1 lid. \|.i lunr 11 IM. 7<;d. Jul> Srr.t. 7'sd. 7',d. Oc-IK-c. 7\d. 5 16d. R: uhitr Kuatak, Kwd.. 4 l icj. In*. Mark. T 9 It; I TAriOCA: StoWl, 111. 9d. I-MM
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  • 126 1 BIG PROfEST MARCH AT MALACCA (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Saturday. JkjJOKK than 500 Malacca ricksha pullers, out on strike in protest against the running of a new bus service in the municipal area, staged a demonstration march today. The ricksha pullers marched Irom Banda Hlllr towards the Government offices
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  • 70 1 BRITISH DOCKERS REFUSE GOODS FROM JAPAN London, Saturday. AS a result of the refusal of the Southampton dockworkers to unload Japanese cotton goods from the Berengarla, the Roods will be returned to New York. Seventeen bales remain in the liner, five having been unloaded before the dockers discovered they were
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  • 241 1 "We Wanted To Get Away From Singapore And The Navy" (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Saturday. TWO Englishmen, stated to be 1 deserters from the Royal Navy, were found as stowaways in the Chitml which arrived at Penang this morning. When they were handed over to I the Marine Police
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  • 148 1 JAPAN'S NAVAL PLANS STILL A SECRET Tokio, Saturday. JAPAN has refused to supply Great Rritain. the United States and France with information concerning her warship building programme and the tonnage of the warships she is building or intends to build. This decision of secrecy was decided at an extraordinary meeting
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  • 37 1 Monte Video. Saturday. Hagenback's circus, one of the blp,gest in the world, has abruptly <»"ded Its season in Buenos Aires owing to a peremptory and ur.°:r;oct?d summons to return to Germany.— Rente 1"
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  • 28 1 The Parliamentary by-election at Pontypridd caused by the death of Mr. David Da vies (Labour) resulted: Sir Arthur Pearson (Labour 22.159; Lady Rhys-Williams (National Liberal) 14.810.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 8 1 RENE ULLMANN /Of WEDDING PRESENTS Rafßrs Place, Spore.
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    • 122 1 FILMO 4INGAPORF. >L, «»HOTO CO.. SINGAPOAr The TRU-STANCE WALK-ON-AIR GOLF SHOES A new thought on foot comfort. The model we have in stock it that worn by A. H. Padgham the winner of the open Golf Championship in June 1936. Constant jars and shocks of walking completely eliminated. A REVELATION
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  • 255 2 Scientists' View Of Gua Ba'aik Discoveries THREE SUCCESSIVE PRIMITIVE CULTURES DRE HISTORIANS who attended the recent Singapore con- press consider that a skeleton and implements found 10 feet down in the rockshelter of Gua Ba'aik, near Sungei Si put. Perak, are the oldest specimens
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  • 38 2 Back from a Hollywood film test, MELITA BRUNNER, ex-uorld champion professional skater and friend and teacher of SONJA HENIE, had many offers for her autobiography. She is to fulfil engagements in Great Britain.
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  • 120 2 Baby Baskets Given Away On Royal Baby's Birthday (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia. Saturday. riGHTY baby baskets were pre- pared by a women's committee to be presented to babies of any nationality born In Batavia on the birthday of Princess Juliana's child. Twenty baby baskets only were, however, distributed on
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  • 90 2 21 Years At Government House A MAN who spent 21 years in the office at Government House. Singapore, Mr. W. W. Bachelor, is retiring from the service this month. He at present holds the post of Verification Officer. Audit Department. Singapore, and has spent 39 years as a Government employee.
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  • 31 2 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Jackson, of Serrmban. have gone on Home leave. The staff of the Seremban Electrical Department was present at the Seremban Railway Station to bid farewell to them.
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  • 40 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Saturday. nrHE number of licence holders 1 of Nlrom has Increased from 38,000 in January 1937 to 54,000 in January, 1938. It is probable that the licence fee will be reduced further.
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  • 185 2 7#ANY ques ions about the Singapore Naval Base are answered in the historical survey of the development of the base to be published as a free 24-page supplement to the Singapore Free Press tomorrow. This supplement, which is fully illustrated, contains the first published detai'ed account
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  • 64 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Saturday. A SUPPLEMENTARY war bud- get has been submitted to the Peoples' Council asking for a new credit of 15,000,000 guilders for the purpose of reinforcing the air force by providing more bombers and new aerodromes. Two thirds of
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  • 131 2 Port Dickson Camp For Boy Scouts (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Saturday. •pHE British Resident, Negri Sem- bilan, Mr. G. L. Ham, presided at the annual meeting of the Negri Sembilan Boy Scouts Association held at the King Georr/e V School. The minutes of the pif vious meeting were read
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  • 33 2 A WOMAN named Tan Hong Neo. who was charged with counterfelting coins in a house in Hillside Drive, on Dec. 30 last year, was sent for trial at the March Assizes.
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  • 43 2 From Our Own Correspondent) Seren.ban. Saturday. E*IXED prices for coffee, tea and other hot and cold drinks in all coffee shops in Negri Sembilan is one of the results of the formation of the Negri Sembilan Coffee Shopkeepers Association.
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  • 35 2 A SALE of magazines ard periodicals purchased for Raffles Library between January to June of this year will be held at the Library on Thursday, Feb. 17 at 5 pm.
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  • 315 2 MRS A. Eassoi captain of the ITa Malacca Girl Guides, In her review of the year s activities, said the number of guides in Malacca numbered 36, mostly from the Suydam Girls' School. The attendance, she continued, had been excellent and guides had passed tenderfoot
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  • Article, Illustration
    47 2 AT A FAREWELL DINNER to Mr. George Parbury on his retire- ment from the firm of Bruce Petrie, Ltd., (left to right seated Mr. Ong Chin Beng, Mr. John Ha mmond, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. George Parbury, Mrs. Parbury, Mr. H. G. Rodyk and Mr. Tang Lye Hang.
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  • 122 2 Hindu Leader Rejuvenated By Man Aged 172 Allahabad IT is, revealed in Allahabad that a rejuvenation cure is being undertaken by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya. 75-years-old Hindu leader, in the company of a priest. This treatment known as the Kayakalp Rejuvenation, is carried out in a specially prepared chamber. After
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  • 95 2 TWENTY-EIGHT charges Involving the theft of 30 typewriters worth $3,320 were preferred In the Third Singapore Court yesterday, against a young Chinese, Chua Chwee Klat, formerly a clerk of Roneo and Co. Chua Chwee Kiat is alleged to have pawned the machines at different shops
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  • 24 2 Mr. D. B. Dowllng, of Seremban, has gone on home leave. His successor as representative of Malayan Tobacco Distributors, Ltd., is Mr. J. Mackenzie.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 72 2 FINEST r (J Md FRESHEST SELECTION Partridges Wttdcick OBTAINABLE ANYWHERE Q-11 Hires, Rabbits for occasions which call for Duck Mart something unusual Poultry or Game is the order of the day. Miektit Fowh Let us show you our fine selection Tirkeys. 6MM and give you hints and suggestions Dicks, Capois
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous

  • 334 3 More Guards For Singapore 's Pools And Beaches Wanted SWIMMING'S POPULARITY INCREASES BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS From Our Chinese Correspondent DESfTERS of many a life from a watery ijrave, Singapore's lifeguards who daily patrol the public swimming: pools have made aquatics a safe pastime for the teeming hundreds who i:'\e
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  • 127 3 K.P.M. Fleet Commodore Retires pUOVINC that the sea i^ becoming more than ever a <,ph« re for youth. Captain K. H. ■Mated the popular 46-year-old commodore of the X.P.M. fleet, arrived at Singapore yesterday in the Nieuw Zeeland on his last voyage before retirem— Aft^r 28 years' service with the
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  • 47 3 Jewel; valued at £20.000, belonging to members of the Grand Ducal family of Hesse who were killed in the Ostend air crash on Nov. 6, have been recovered from the wreckage and handed over to the German Legation In Brusse's for transmission to Hesse Castle
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  • 53 3 Now Gets £1,000 A Week MEW studio contract with Metro-Goldywn-Mayer gives Spencer Tracy, star of "Captains Courageous," who Is 37 and began film work in 1930, a salary of £1,000 a week. The only other screen stars paid at this rate are William Powell, Ding Crosby, Greta Garbo. Marlene Dietrich
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  • 153 3 New York. TF a husband admits the paternity of one twin, then the other is also his child, ruled Judge Beck in a remarkable case in the Circuit Court at Lake Andes, South Dakota. The Judge quoted from Shakespeare's King John Sirrah, y>)«r brother is legitimate. Your
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  • 9 3 The Bulgarian Minister of Justice, M. OgnanofY, has resigned.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 270 3 More Speed-More Comfort To England Every Wednesday and Monday, luxury air tervicea leave Sine*, pore tor India (2 days) Egypt (6 days) and England ift day*) rou By In a bit i engintd an- Uner m far AJexaadrla where ron Join one ot the new Kmplre flytaf Ik>»U for the
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 605 3 IN SINGAPORE TODAY CINEMAS Denmark (Parcib onlyt (Lalandla) 7 p.m Today. Tuesday. February 13. AI.HAMBRA: 'Navy Bl'Jf A Gold" with Pamangkat, Sanibas and S;ngkawang Robert Young. 3 15. 6 15 9.15 p.m. (Tobeloi 11 a.m CAPITOL: "Marie Walewska" wl h Oreta Ceylon (Felix Roussel) Garbo Charles Bo>er. 3 i 5.
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  • 356 4 Two New Admiralty Posts Created NAVAL AERODROMES TO BE SELECTED 'TWO new Admiralty posts concerned with the Fleet Air Arm have been created. They and the first appointments to them are: Director of Air Material, Capt. M. W. S. Boucher. Director of Air Personnel, Capt. H.
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  • 62 4 BORROWING AN AIR GIANT IJNTIL her new giant ocean air liners are delivered, France is to ask for the loan of a 40 passenger Boeing craft from the United States to start experimental working on the North Atlantic air route. Air France and the French Air Ministry already have on
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  • 224 4 Soccer Official Who Raised Thousands (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. TTHAT a member of the 1 Malacca Chinese Football Association had produced shows for charity which had benefited by several thousands of dollars was revealed at the annual reunion dinner of the association held recently at
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  • 93 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar. Mrs. Tay Boon Khoo has Issued invitations for a dinner to be held at her residence at 193, Jalan Abdullah. on Feb. 19 on the occasion of the marriage of her fourth son, Mr. Tay Lay Soon, to Miss Tan Kirn Suan. seventh
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  • 32 4 M. Sugimura, Japanese Ambassador in Paris, who is more than 50, twice threw Prof.. Kawalshl, instructor at the Franco-Japanese Ju Jitsu Club In an exhibition at the club.
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  • 81 4 WOMEN'S swim-suits this year will be gayer than ever— in and out of the water. Most striking of all xcill be the suits that glow in the water like red-gold, with a metallic lustre, and others that glitter like jewels ruby-red, sapphire-blue, ultramarine green. One swim-suit gleams
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  • 26 4 Hcrr Hitler has instructed the German Embassy in Paris to make a formal protest to the French Government against the anti-nazi exhibition opened there.
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  • 29 4 Mr. and Mrs. Chan feck Chye, wellknown Malacca residents, are on a short visit to their bungalow at Cameron Highlands. They expect to be back In a fortnight's time.
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  • 94 4 The first double wedding ever held In Kelantan took place recently at Kota Bahru. The couples were (from left) Miss Pee Yeok, second daughter of Mrs. Foo Wah Thye and the late Mr. Foo, who was married to Mr. Boon Chin, eldest son of Mr. and
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  • 29 4 Miss A. Wharton. who won the allIndia women's golf championship at Calcutta, receiving the trophy from Lady arabourne, wife of the Governor of Bengal.
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  • 50 4 IN the year 1963— The population will be decreasing; Children will be more intelligent, but less stable emotionally; Cities will be smaller; Divorces will be more frequent; and At least half the married women will work for wages. So aayt Professor William Ofburn, of Chica-o University.
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  • 91 4 Baroness In Tokio Told To Quit Teaching Tokio. AN order has been Issued that Baroness Ishlmoto discontinue birth control teaching because Japan needs more children. Japanese women in the gallery of the House of Peers laughed and frowned when Baron Ryeitau Asada said: "V.'c must triple our
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  • 105 4 LEAVES FOR WAR Sir Robert Ho Tung's Son Joins His Unit MAJOR Ho Shai-lai, son of Sir Robert Ho Tang, has left Hong Kong by plane for Hankow. He has just received his orders to proceed North to Join the army on the Eastern Front. Major Ho is a graduate
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  • 323 4 DEATH OF MME LEON BLUM "La Citoyenne Therese DEVOTED WIFE OF EX-PREMIER Paris. MME. Blum, wife of M. Leon Blum, the French Socialist i«""!er and former Premier, died recently in a Paris nursing home. She was flftynve, and had been seriously ill for some time, undergoing two operations. Her husband,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 246 4 K PHOTOGRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS need not be expensive too. HT Al O\\ IS TO QUOTE YOU Ol II I'RIl IS BEFORE PLACING YOUR j OKDER ELSEWHERE. OIR EXPERIENCE EXTENDING OVER 20 YEARS IS ALSO AT YOUR DISPOSAL. WRITE, CALL OR PHONE TODAY— LTON PHOTO #*«f*A 69 North Bridge Rd. V*\^«% Phone
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    • 24 4 PANYON GREAT FOOD DRINK OF THE EAST HEALTH C§ff% ENERGY BENGAL CHFMKAL II CALCUTTA Sole AfenU for Malaya: NAINA MOHAMED SONS, Singapore Knala Lumpur.
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    • 129 4 BLACK&WHITE CIGARETTES. AT THE NEW WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK Jalan Besar Road. From Tonight to Tuesday 15th Feb. 1938. nightly from 9 p.m. A GRAND FANCY DRESS AND LANTERN PARADE IN THE PARK By over 200 actors and actresses in special Commemoration of THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE MOVEMENT MEETING NOW BEING HELD
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    • 102 4 First Choice for j 1938. Nan Sin oilers tue newest and Mai IB ophthalmic sen-Ice. If you have been wearing Nan Sin glasses during 1937, you'll want to continue the patronage. II you h*.ve not yet tried Nan Bin service, make It your first New Year's resolution to make a
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  • 400 5 Medals For Six Heroes Of N.W. Frontier War fiUKING an attack by tribesmen on a British post on the North-West Frontier a bomb was thrown into the camp. A young private dashed forward, picked it up and threw it back at the enemy before it
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  • Article, Illustration
    97 5 Mr. Ng Suns Kee and Miv* Tan -.i it at the Chinese Consulate- -.Ir. t han and Miss > Vow Tee at the Yen Leng United \ssociatioii. Chin Swe« Road. Mr. Tan Eng thuu.it and >lts.» Lira Tan Tee -xt the Chinese Consulate General v -iih Kah Ya<n ai»i
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  • 72 5 Relative Of Duke Dies In Air Crash DILOT-OFFICER Charles Henry r Heber-Percy, 23-ye*r old relative of the Duke of Northumberland, was killed in an aeroplane accident in the Mediterranean. The plane belonged to No. 802 Squadron attached to H.M.S. Gloriou3, one of the big "hushhush" cruisers reconstructed as an aircrait-carrler
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  • 211 5 £2,000 FOR MINING ENGINEER Libel Slander At Meeting rv\MAGES totalling £2.000 were awarded in the King's Bench Division to Mr. Walter Leonard Gullford Goode, a mining engineer, of Pinner, Middlesex, in a libel and slander action against Mr. Harvey Benjamin Spiller, of LJmpsfield, Surrey. It was stated that in August,
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  • 37 5 A warning to parents aaainst ate mpts bj^ certalii educational authoricies in Berlin to persuade them not to send their children to Roman Catholic schools was read in all Catholic churches In the BerMn dioces?
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 437 5 COMMON SENSE t TREATMENT You must Remove the cause of: RHEUMATISM, PAINFUL JOINTS, LUMBAGO, SKIN COMPLAINTS. ULCERS and SORES BY PURIFYING THE BLOOD Clarke's Blood Mixture is the surest way to health as it removes the CAUSE of the complaint from the blood and restores vigour and vitality j^^^s^gßß^^^Tj| Wj
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  • 876 6 Commodity Prices Well Maintained: Shares Ease BY THE SUNDAY TIMES FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENT TTHE local market cannot complain of having been overworked during the past week which must have been one of the quietest periods experienced for a long time. In addition to a sharp shrinkage in
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  • 70 6 SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES. Singapore. Feb. 12, 12 noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler $8.00 Hamburg Cube $15.50 Java Cube $1100 'epper. White Muntok $15.00 White il4.75 Black $900 'oprct. Mixed $3 25 Sun Dried $3 65 "aploca. Small Flake $3.90 Fair Flake $3.75 Medium Pearl $4.80 Small Pearl $4 40 >ago Flour.
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  • 75 6 Saturday, Feb. 12, Noon. No. 1 K. R. S. S. in cases (F.'0.8.) Feb. 2215/16 23>v Good F. A. Q. in bales (F. 0.8.) Feb. 22H 22> 4 Tone of Market:— Quiet steady. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet 111/ Mi NY. Soot Sheet G. cU>.
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  • 206 6 SALES STOCK EXCHANGE 748,000 732,000 387,000 N.B. No Quotations. Unmarkets To- morrow. Feb. 9. 10 11. American Can. Con. 80 80 3 81 American Telephone and Telegraph 133 7 B 133" 8 133? 8 Atcheson Railroad 35 36' 4 36 Chesapeak 32 32^ 32 3 4 Dupont
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  • 67 6 i 'THE following quotations for Manila gold shares ruled in that market yesterday, and have been supplied by Messrs. S. E. Levy and Co. Feb. li I Pesos. Antamok 0.60 Atok 0.29 Cscogrove 0.65 Consolidated Mines 0.011 I.X.L 0.72 Masbate 0.205 San Maurlck. 0.78 United Paracale
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  • 1280 6 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Fraser And Co.'s List Mitnii/.ii r co. i«, isjo. i p.m. MINING Bayers Sellers impat Tin (4s) 4s 6d 4s 9d isam Kunibang (I) 30s 32s nom mstral Malay (t) 50s 52s c.d. nom ,yer Hitam <5s) 24s 25s iyei Weng ($1) .70 .75 tangrin
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  • 168 6 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. SATURDAY, FEB. 12. 1 P.M. Total lor Financial Company Dividend Books Date Ex Div year TIN Close To Payable Date to date Austral Malay 8d 3d. Bonus 5'. K. Kamuntmg 3d. Feb. 11 Feb 18 Feb 32 9d. Bonus 20' K.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 273 6 S. E. Levy Co. Shanghai, Hongkong. Manila, Singapore. l*V€Mm:nt Bankers and Brokers tn Securities and Commodities. Daily Foreign Market Cabin and Quotation Service. MEMBERS. IJEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE. uOMMODITY EXCHANGE. INC. YEW YORK COFFEE SUGAR EXCHANGE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE. CANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE. SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE HONGKONG SHARE BROKERS' ASSN.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 41 7 HOTEL WHEN VISITING LONDON STAY at INVERCLOY. SCOTCH HOUSE. 1 42 Birkenhead St.. King's K. London W.C. 1. i Room Breakfast 5 Ho' and cold water all rcom? Highly recommended. Personal supervision. Phone Terminus SVSB. MRS. J. SCOT I. Resident Proprtetrew.
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    • 1099 7 STAMPS STAMPS CoronQtiot^Sitamps raTe STRAITS SETTLEMENTS CJV^^ bIE^SSvUi il'iJ ram alwa y^ in a position to T% oFTMt /jM offer rare Straits Settlemonta wT lyr-^BRiTiSHEMPIR^r and States stamps at very COMPLETE SET-202 STAMPS Wftnt v rece y my from Gt. Britain, the 45 Cro»*n personal attention Colonies, Dominions. Newfound- land
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    • 264 7 HOTELS LONDON CALLS INSISTENT! 1 and enjoy at either HOTEL RUBENS Buckingham I'alace Rcaa tet'inft Buckingham Palace or HOTEL SP>W REMBRANDT Jd^ S^uth Kenslngtoii Sv* gWkJKP facing the v"icUria anc Albert MuMun> Every attention in oieasin^t surruunair.gt nasnet ql-ietl-di THESE tOMFO««ABL» HOItLS WITH ACKNOWLFDGLII RENOWNED CATS RING have runnoie oo«
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 1564 7 Today's Wireless Programmes jIIiVjAi UKfc. 1.20 Hawaiian Big Boys. 9.20 Big Ben. The Orpheus Trio. Frances 1.50 Two popular opera overtures. Morris (soprano). Trio: n zampognazhl IJJ me (ZU m.) 2.10 News bulletin. tore (Anon., arr. Moffat), Ye Banks and mir w,,.i j 2.20 Close down. Braes (Trad., arr. Louis
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  • 63 8 SIR G. THURSTON: RECEIVING ORDER MADE A RECEIVING order made on a creditor's petition, against Sir George Thurston. the naval architect, is published In the London Gazette. Sir George described in "Who's Who" as "responsible for the design and construction of war vessels.. for most of the navies of the
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  • 55 8 A SCOTLAND Yard fingerprint ex- 1 pert at North London police court I said fingerprints on plass could be' preserved for ten years and used as j evidence. The magistrate, Mr. Basil Watson, i discharged a man whose fingerprints, i it was alleged, had been preserved
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  • 53 8 A THOUSAND more men, making tht total 4,000 are to be engaged at the Nottingham gun factory, where the Government has decided to make anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons as well as heavy artillery. This announcement was made by Mr. S. F. Markham, M.P.
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  • 74 8 CHINESE AIR RAID ON NANKING Artillery Position Is Bombed Shanghai. Saturday. CHINESE planes last night again raided Nanking, now under Japanese occupation, dropping 30 bombs in the Chunghua Gate area, where a Japanese artillery unit Is stationed. Resultant firing by the Japanese gunners, which was unsuccessful, gave rise to rumours
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  • Article, Illustration
    44 8 J BHAUH w.iting; to embark In Calcutta for Saufor Island, at tht mouth of JT the river Ganges. It derives I a sacredacw from '.he legend that surrounds Sarmr, King of Oadh, the thirteenth ancestor of lUma It is the Mecca of Hindu pUfrim*c«.
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  • 84 8 More Japanese Troops For Quemoy H'j;is Kong, Saturday, PESH attempts to capture Amoy Island are foreshadowed by an additional 1,000 Japanese troops at the nearby Island of Quemoy to re inforce the Japanese garrison there. The Japanese have built a landing field on Quemoy
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  • 449 8 How Struggle For Existence Is Made Possible THL privileges, freedom and security enjoyed by British subjects in all parts of the British Empire and the foresight of lii if ish statesmen in handling delicate and complicated questions, were dealt with in an able address by
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  • Article, Illustration
    185 8 RAx3S Margaret Olivia Gray, daugh- j ter of Mrs. Gray and the late Mr. i G. G Gray, of Singapore, was married j at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday to Mr. Hubert Alden van Geyzel, of the Singapore Cold Storage, wro is the son of Mrs. van Geyzel and the late
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  • 135 8 CHINESE JUNKS FIRED ON AND SET ABLAZE Hous: Kors. Saturday. A FKESH Japanese junk outrage in British waters near Hong Kong is reported by the Colony police. A wireless message received from a Kong Kong police launch reveals tnat a Japanese trawler yesterday ■MCtilrtj gunned
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  • 235 8 CHINESE HOLD UP ENEMY IN N. ANHWEI Japanese Hard Pressed At Wuhu Hankow, Saturday. SEVERE fighting is going on in North Anhwel, where the Chinese claim to have held up the Japanese advance northward along the southern section of the Tientsln-Pukow Rail- i way. Japanese communications between Pukow and Hwalyuan,
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  • 113 8 New Menace To Chinese In Occupied Areas HTHmgtlll. Saturday LJONGKEW. tl.e Japanese quart, r **1n the Internationa: Settlement has become the centre of large-scale drug peddling In the Japanese-occu-pied Yangtse region Apparently it is hriii;: carr.'ed »n with the tacit consent the Japanese military, for the
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  • 179 8 Message To London Peace Conference QN l-vlalf icx- hi .1 ■Ix.r. Mr. Tco Nai Kuan, etiairman of the Johorr branch of thr Ch:;ia Relief Fund, has telegraphed as folI'nvs to the International I'l-dc* 1 Conference Kklefe is n->:\ i:i in London: "We ouTita Ctuaete, and a!!
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  • 98 8 Japanese Behind Latest Terroristic Acts? A TERRORIST organisation, dir- ected by Japanese and Korean bad characters, has been established in Hongkew with the object of removing open opposition to the Japanese puppet rrgiine :it Shanghai, reports Sin Chew Jit Pol? Several prominent Chinese members of the puppet
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 670 8 J *%e/J&! Hi ?3PI 15m* I The Factory Freshness of eich cig- BB|C««?l I arctte i* securely imprisoned with- I I the sealing of this airtight tin —to H^ <^ I open just pull the rubber tab no ar^fek TM I cutter— no jagged edgej. HB^. x V^^B^ L Rj
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  • 896 9  - Mainly About Malayans Onlooker By The FOLLOWING in the foot- steps of such well-known M.C.S. authors as Sir Hugh Clifford, Sir Frank Swettenham and Sir George Maxwell, Dr. Victor Purcell li shortly to publish through Michael Joseph "Chinese Evergreen." Dr. Purvdl, who is in Ihc first rank of Malaya's Chinese
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 494 9 rt? J JL A DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT MOTOR (Alt ""^^^^BHH; BL SS BBBIW for Those Content Only JB Wsis^SW^r ie distinctly original design amongA '"i^^f^^^g I v tne new motor cars —is the way the wB fl B motor show critics describe the new 'J&*' -^W gfcl Chrysler Dynamic, action -line
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 111 9 Malayan Jingles 143. JIMMY Who is it lauds the London Scots, Says off all foes they knock big spots, And on his chits his signature blots? Just Jimmy Who is it runs on Sunday morn, With dogs aleash, and splendid scorn For drivers sounding frantic horn Why, Jimmy! Who is
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  • 268 10 THE Chap Goh Meh Festival will be celebrated by Penang Chinese tomorrow night, with the usual Joy rides and parades around the town and suburbs. This festival, also called the Feast of the Lanterns, has lost much of its significance with the changing of customs. In
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  • 192 10 CENTA UR US RADIO MAN FLIES 15,000 MILES FOR A BRIDE Romance With Pretty New Zealand Girl AMBITION NOW A BUNGALOW GARDEN A MAN who parsed through Singapore last week had flown 1").000 miles to find a bride. He was 36-year-old Senior Radio Dperator Albert Lowe, of the Imperial Airways
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  • 109 10 SIR H. CREEDY TO STAY AT THE WAR OFFICE AT the request of Mr. ■are-Bsllsha, Secretary for War, Sir Herbert Creedy has agreed to serve as Permanent Under-Secretnry for War the normal age for retirement until the autumn of 1939. Sir Herbert, who has held the office for 14 years,
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  • 191 10 FOUR DIE IN SIEGE OF WIDOW'S HOME Refused To Pay £1 In Taxes COUR people were killed in an all-day siege of a farmhouse at La Poree, Western France, in which a window and her two sons had barricaded themselves against a dczen policemen. Refusing to pay taxes of about
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  • 28 10 'THE Rome C<M Tokyo newspaper As;.:. ceived from Sisnor AlfU of Popular Educati n the Star cf ltalv and ]War Mer^l fci correspondent sinian campaign.
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    • 227 11 The Gate Of Happy Sparrows The Gate of Happy Sparrows. By Daniele Van-. Methuen. 7s. fid. 1 CIGNOR VARE'S new book continues 1 the story, or rather is comple- J j mentary to "The Maker of Heavenly Trousers." It tells the life in Pekin when that city was still the
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    • 259 11 Remorse And Guilty Consciences The Signature. By Bertha Barrc Goldie. Final Harvest. By Jane Henderson. Both from Ward Lock's Colonial j Library. DEMORSE and guilty consciences are j the themes of tliese two books. The hero of "The Signature," Anthony Heronshaw. and the heroine of "Final Harvest." Veronica Barron. have
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    • 157 11 A feature of the latest additions to the Penguin Library of well-known works, published in unabridged form at 6d. per volume. Is the inclusion of the famous Week-End Book." This delightful anthology, brought out in 1924 by the Nonesuch Press and since reprinted 27 times, includes Great Poem*.
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    • 332 11 TOO WEAK TO DO HER HOUSEWORK. She Was Being Poisoned By Constipation. Fit many years this woman's system was completely out of order, and all that time she was being poisoned t>y c.-.istlpatlon. Then she found a way to rid herself of the constipation, and her health quickly Improved. She
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  • 255 12 —and enjoy your food There are some people who never really enjoy their food because no matter how loni; ago it was since they last had !hey always feel full up." Some led as though a lump were lodged in the middle of their chests others
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  • 22 12 William Morgan, 55. of Monmouth- shire chief officer of the 1,517-ton London steamer River Tyne, was found drowned at Gibraltar.
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  • 881 12 Proceedings Stayed In £70,000 Income Dispute M I CONGRATULATE the parties on having; brought to an end what I can only regard as very unfortunate litigation.*' This remark, made by Mr. Justice Crossman in the Ciiancery Court, followed the announcement of the .settlement of
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  • 109 12 TREE FELLED ON ROAD Accra (Gold Coast). lyiK. T. McCONNELL, mining engineer, and Mr. Max Miller, accountant, have arrived at Accra for the treatment of shot-gun wounds. They told how bandits stole gold worth £15,000 from a lorry which they were escorting through the bush forty
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  • 150 12 STAMP BOUGHT FOR 2D. SOLD FOR £670 Nljkerk, Holland. A RARE example of the penny orange Mauritius stamp, which is expected to realise about £4,000, has been discovered here. It formed part of a picture made of old stamps, showing a man and a woman in a carriage drawn by
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  • 189 12 /~*APT. A. M. Cunningham-Reid, 43-year-old Conservative M.P. for St. Marylebone since 1932 brought the action against his wlje, the Hon. Ruth Mary Clarisse Ashley, yov.naer daughter 0/ Baron Mount Ten pie. He clai:ntd a declaration that certain deeds executed by hit wife settlinn part of her
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  • 1232 13  -  Nathaniel Gubbins By FRENCH citizens and their money are not easily parted. Anybody who has been to France knows this and the recent fight with guns, gas bombs and dynamite between fifty gendarmes and a widow and her two sons at a farmhouse at La Fleche
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  • 357 13 BY THE FOUR ACES COUTH played the hand below at a contract of six notrump. When a club was opened, he lost the first trick to East's King and, seeing that the contract was impossible, conceded another club trick for a score of down one. South asked Waldemar
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  • 489 14 The Sunday Times Totidem Verbis Reconsideration AT tomorrow's meeting of the Legislative Council Capt. Hashim will call upon the Government to declare whether it is prepared to reopen the case of the Junior Civil Service in connection with salary revision. There has been considerable resentment against the decision of the
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  • 1977 14 The Shikari's Gun Misfired Jungle Adventure Hunting Elephants In Ma lay a By George Wolfe TT is hard to realise that the elephant, that great clumsy looking animal which you see in the Zoos of the world, ambling along with its load of children, old and young, swaying from side
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  • 264 15 Suggestion Of Equal Defence Responsibility DISCUSSION AT POLITICAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE "Indication Of Our Sentiment Towards The Empire" A USTRALIA should send military contin- gents to Singapore and Great Britain. That was the opinion expressed by Mr. J. F. iMant, of Sydney, at the annual conference in
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  • 227 15 Foretold His Death A Year Ago "OUFER coincidence," said Miss D. Shalders when asked to explain how her father, the late Mr. Julian A. B. Shahh-rs, of Leonard-court, Kensington, foretold his own death two years ago. More than a year ago Mr. Shalders wrote in his personal diary: "Attend my
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  • 91 15 Chargers Bolt Six Miles CIX chargers of the sth Royal Innis- j killing Dragoon Guards suddenly bolted at the Cavalry Barracks, Colchester, and, pursued by soldiers, galloped over six miles before they were caught. A window-cleaner was knocked flyIng from his ladder, and one of the horses charged a heavy
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  • 55 15 4 MEMORIAL to a cow is to be v erected en a hill near Newcast'e Emlyn, Carmarthenshire. It has been subscribed for by farmers who object to payment of tithes and commemorates the occasion when a cow was seized for non-payment. The lorry carrying it overturned
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  • 38 15 TL'HEN Ben Foord, the South African heavyweight boxer, arrived for the iceigh-in before his match at Hamburg with Max Schme'.ing he gave the German officials a Nazi salute. Schme'.ing xcon the match on points.
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  • 43 15 Dialogue in divorce court at Omaha. Nebraska: Judge: You say your husband is lazy, Mrs. Petfrsen? Mrs. Virginia Petersen: I do. Judge: Give an example. Mrs. Pettrsen: Well, he's so kuy he makes me wash his neck. Decree granted.
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  • 69 15 FLECTRICALLY-HEATED suits have arrived. So have electrically-heated gloves, muffs and blankets. They will be shown at the British Industries Fair, to be held at Eari's Court and Olympla, London, and Cnstle Bromwich, Birmingham, from Feb. i 21 to Mar. 4. T.ie electrically-heated suits have been devised,
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  • 193 15 Substitute Tunics For Soldiers Turin. THE use of substitutes, which has for some time been general among the Italian public under the Self- Sufficiency Plan, has now been extended to the army. It is hoped to dispense with imported textiles for uniforms and imported oats
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  • 84 15 pORTY-ONE modern airliners, valued at (U.S.) $4,500,000 were manufactured in 1937 by the Douglas Aircraft Company at its Santa Mcnica plant for export and delivered to commercial airlines outside the United States. All but six of these planes were the DC3 models. 21-seat luxury monoplanes
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  • 25 15 M. George Cuza. Rumanian Minister of Labour, has issued a decree ordering all cafes, restaurants and bars to employ only non-Jewish waiters.
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  • 62 15 j^|lSS id/ IWIIMNMNUi dirrct descendent of the si-.et.lM. chatting: to Sir Firoz Khan Noon Hi*h Commissioner for India, at the luncheon given in London on the 250 th anniversary of the birth of Fmmanuel Swedenbor*, the "Aristotle of the North' Swedenborg came from Sweden, but he died
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  • 246 15 Paris IN consultation with the inventor, whose identity is being kept a close secret. French technicians have for some time past been subjecting to the severest tests an invention that may revolutionise warfare. One of the most fantastic dreams of Jules Verne, the flying
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  • 63 15 New York. AIRMAN WILLARD H. r ANDERSON, suing for divorce in Chicago, said that after he had taught his 29-year-old wife. Opal, to fly she spent so much time in their 'plane that she neglected home duties and he became an air widower. Anderson added that if
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  • 388 16 "Hope I May Soon Be Able To Follow" \IOW revealed for the first time, letters written x 'by Queen Victoria two years after the death of her husband, Prince Albert, show that, grief-stricken, she thought she herself would soon die, and she wondered what
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  • 374 16 I LJAVE you ever tried shooting u.vay a whole roll of film on one subject. not changing its position ln the least but merely altering the way the light strikes it? It may seem foolish and extravagant but It can be one of the most Important photographic
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  • 59 16 King Carol of Rumania has conferred on Crown Prince Michael the third class of the Rumanian Order of Merit of the Navy for his courageous behaviour when the destroyer in which he was travelling to Athens lcr the wedding of the Crown Prince Paul of
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  • 725 17 Max Fact or'S Advice Perfect Make-up MODERN woman's application of lip rouge can do more in the way of "making or breaking" a perfect make-up than any other single item. Most women are now aware of the necessity of observing the rules of coiour
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  • 511 17 DECAUSE matt-surfaced china has become so very fashionable lately, all manner of crockery, in addition to the usual services, is being made in this ware. There are, of course, sugar castors and cream jugs, and even trays are dull-surfaced, and glow with a soft oatmeal
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    • 358 17 At Vogue's! 1U >iI)ST SKNSAJIONAI. HATS AT T!IK PABIfI ORHUfGI NSW SHIi'MENT JIST INPACKED TIIF. CHARM OF DK.NITY FOB WOMEN and I'attery, too, in new draped crowns and Howinjj brims, toques that set off I vji i-iy coifTure brims that rust a M'ftpniiiK shade over furr mcd brows s. lmts
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    • 367 17 NEW SELECTION ARRIVED FLORAL PERFUMES by J. FLORIS Perfumer to H. M. The King 30 EXQUISITE FRAGRANCES it $2.50 and $3.00 ix STOCKISTS OF EXCLUSIVE PERFUMES MAYNARD CO., LTD. CHEMISTS Battery Road. Phone 6115. IS ITCHING SKIN DISEASE DRIVING YOU MAD? You dench your teeth in desperation and could scratch
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  • 737 18 These Things Are In Fashion In Europe Exception To Fashion's Rule London, Feb. 7. TODAY'S suits, both the kind with the short, elastic jacket, and the tuniclength coat are worn with blouses as well-cut and comfortable as the suits themselves. There are pin-striped flannels made into cosy blouses with neck-bands
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  • 324 19 TTHOSE afternoon frocks which are soft in efiect, flatter one's figure. Hiplines remain as slim as exercises and girdles can make them, but bodices are intricate in detail, and brassiere tops suggest pretty Empire lines. Little yokes across the backs of the shoulders of soft woollen frocks are
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  • 127 19 CATTLE FROM OVALTINE HERD FOR BRAZIL MANY young animals from the Ovaltine Jersey herd have been <mv to various parts of the world. Recently a bull and three heifers were shipped to Brazil the bull and one heifer being purchased by the Brazilian Government with a view to raising ihe
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  • 883 19  -  Joan Kennedy By ALL normal women, if they are honest, will own that they like a man to be their master. No natural woman wants to degenerate, for instance, into a nagger. She prefers to be able to respect her husband, to look up to him,
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    • 420 19 Horoscope... By Chiras General Outlook Daily Outlook The planetary influences of the Sunday. Feb .l3: Gftr c*e but e ?ascinateoming week show hectic ac- ment ExF turn, lack of balance and errors Mondai eb 14: The evenin S brings Mon a: «imax (a max'mum effort); or judgment. The tension will
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    • 601 20 $100 FREE ENTRY CROSSWORD PUZZLE MONEY PRIZES FOR CROSSWORD ENTHUSIASTS OUR WEEKLY "MUST BE WON" OFFER The Sunday Times offers today $100 for a correct solution of the Crossword Puzzle printed below. Should no reader succeed in solving tlie puzzle correctly, the SlOO will be awarded in respect of the
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  • Article, Illustration
    48 21 MR. R. M. L. Wn T^hnlcal A s s 1 st a n t, Seremban Electrical Department Is proceeding to England to take a course of electrical engineering at Faraday House. Prior to his departure, the staff of the Seremban Electrical Department gave a fareweu amue
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  • 608 21 ONCE FAVOURITE HILL STATION NOW ALL BUT FORGOTTEN By Our Seremban Correspondent "And somehow you're sick of the highway, with its noise and its ecsy needs. And you wc/e the risk of the by-way and reck not where it leads' R. W Se r vice. DLUE
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    17 21 Mr. Gilbert P. Wooden, cf Pahanrand Miss Ellaline Jumeaux, of vrfmlian. who were married in Seremban recently.
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    11 21 A group picture taken at the Seremban Kiiat Club's eighth anniversary
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  • 211 21 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. "pHE Seremban Kilat Cub of the Electrical Department celebrated Its eighth anniversary with a tea party at the Club premises in Birch Road. The Club was decorated by Mr. Henry Kessier. After tea the honorary secretary of the Club. Mr
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 112 21 I halls distemper tf I (]y THE OIL-BOUND H W Al- WATER PAINT ML _f j A HALL'S DISTEMPER is an oil-bound washable WATER PAINT and must never be confused with ORDINARY DISTEMPERS, ceiling-white or colour wash. Embracing a wonderful new form jL^C manufacturing process, it consitts of a fSg
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  • 738 22 Eurasians Give Club Sound Beating By Six Goals To Nil (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. R4IDWEEK hockey games are becoming very popular in Malacca. Keeping up their Thursday fixtures the Malacca Club met with a severe defeat when they played against the Eurasian Association, on
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    33 22 The Islington Corinthians and the Juliore football teams pictured before their match at Batu Pahat won br the tourists 7—l. Standing behind is Mr. N. Re*s. who made the visit and match possible.
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  • 340 22 MUAR MALAYS BEAT BATU PAHAT MALAYS i From Our Own Correspondent > Muar. DISPLAYING all-round superiority the Muar Malays beac their Batu Pahat compatriots by four goals to one In a friendly hockey match on th 2 Muar Hospl:al ground. But for th* weakness of the h :me forwards in
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  • 66 22 i From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar. The followir.g are the office-bearers .of the Muar Recreation Club for the (current year: President, Dr. H. L. ICarvalho; vice-president Mr. J. H. iCarvalho; hon. secretary and treasurer, j Mr. G. Ward; committee, Mr. Van Schoonbeck, Mr. N. A. Hannay. Mr. H.
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  • 412 22 From Our Own Correspondent.* TMuar. HE Europeans were to have played the Rest last week but due to the inability of the Europeans to raise a side the match had to b? cancelled and instead a practice match was played. Only eighteen players turned
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  • 2075 23 THE soccer team which will 1 probably do duty for the Inniskillings this season was on view at Tanglin on Wednesday when they met and defeated H.M.S. Emerald by two goals to one. Obviously well acquainted with each ether's play the naval eleven were a
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    113 23 Sonic of the 70 guests at the dinner party giveu by Mr. Paul Robilec&ek, managing proprietor of Nouveaux Co.. at the Southern Hotel on Friday to Introduce his wife, to whom he was married by proxy recently. From left to ri«ht round table: Mr. Nf Sen Chov. Mrs. P. Robittrheek.
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  • 549 24 21 Points To Nil Against Team Weakened Through Injuries THE Rest beat the Past by 21 points (three goal* and two tries) to nil in the annual St. Andrew's Rugby match at Farrer Park yesterday. The Past put up a splendid show, being
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  • 406 24 Singapor FIRST DAY'S WEIGHTS 11/ EIGHTS for the first day (Feb. 19) of the Singapore Turf Club's Spring Meeting: Horses. Class 1. Div. 1. 7 fun s. i thine Sue 1 til Mca&owman 8 Oi Bombus 9. 1X vvhere Ami R.OO K'.lKhfs Eye 9.01 Beaudekln .8.00 I Jack Druce 8.11
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  • 91 24 RAIN STOPS ALL SPORT IN KUALA LUMPUR fFrom Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Saturday A WEEK'S spell of torrid weather to Selangor was broken this after.noon at four o'clock by a torrential downpour of rain. Within a few minuces all sports grounds w»re like lakes and no gamewere possible. Games
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  • 130 24 Races SECONd DAYS WEIGHTS U/EIGHTS for the second day (Feb. 23) of the Singapore Turf Club's Spring Meeting: Ponies. Class 1. Div. 1. s' fur,. Double Form No Limit D.i-j Uncalled For 907 Macau. 8.07 Applewood 9.0 b Atnlacca c 03 Me* Moou «>.Ol Sutfl Box Ponies. Class 1. Div.
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  • 61 24 i From Our Own Correspondent.? Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. THE Selangor-Malacca hockey match has been postponed for a second time because the local padang ls not available. The match, which will take place next Saturday, is regarded as an in resting preliminary to the Selangor-Perak encounter, and
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  • 30 24 Miss Hazel Pritchard. member of the Australian women's team which toured England last summer, hit twenty-four 4's In a score of 193 not out for New South Wales agajnst Victoria.
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  • 216 24 Referee Stops League Game I •yHhKt. wa> u -> asausn Pa. yertirday when the refewa stopp the Siong .soccer j match, an S.C.F.A. leaRUe fixture, after l.sj than 13 minures of play There had been no score The referee. Mr. Goh T>. 1 remonstrated with some .spectator.) for some silly
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  • 270 24 MUAR'S CRIKET PROSPECTS THIS SEASON Prom Okc O »n i Ifuar IWt>A^ v i to Reid a strong cric!:c-;: side this year having lost more than hai: the t?nm ttvU did s»rvlc» for them las; year. "Pat" cL> Souza has gone to Singapore, while Charles Carvulho is at pres nt
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  • 46 24 Barney Ross, the American holder of the world welter-weight boxing championship has been offered £10.000. with the addition of £1,360 expenses and 50 per cent, of the film and broadcasting revenue, to defend his title against the Australian c'lamplon, Jack Carroll, at the Sports Ground. Sydney.
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    • 186 24 IK Great Lawn Tennis Treat JULIAN FRANKEL Presents I WurW Famous La *n Teunt* Player* !n a »en<«* of Single Double Matches WM. T. TILDEN IHEWRI COCHET FRANCE ALBERT BURKE IRELAND «L RAMILLOM FRANCE At The HAPPY WORLD (Covered) STADIUM Under th \u$pi ts of THE LAWN TENNIS \SSOCIATION OF
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  • 295 25 Threes Below Form In 3-3 Game On Slippery Ground (From Our Own Correspondent.) J chore, Bahru, Saturday. COUTH Johore held a Navy XV to a three points-all draw in a match in which the threequarters of both sides failed to play up to
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  • 423 25 Likely To Top Hockey League 'From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat. f|\HE India-Ceylon Association last! year's winners of the Wills trophy and champions of the Segamat and District hockey league, look like topping the league this year, too, by virtue of their fine win over the Police on' the town padang
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  • 31 25 At Llngfleli yesterday a nT>nr'"ent Grand National candidate, Silver Bow 11. collapsed and died after falling at the last fence In the Troytown handicap st«" >r>'«"%>l?1«o.
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  • 423 25 EUROPEANS LOSE THEIR SECOND GAME (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat. DLAYINO a man short throughout, the Europeans lost their second fixture of the Segamat and District hockey league last week to the Malays on the town padang. The score of two goals to nil is no true Indication of the
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  • 28 25 The following have been awarded i Hockey Blues at Oxford:—A. C. B Lloyd 'Oriel). E. D R. Eager (Brasenose). R C Fletcher 'University". G W. E Ray <Exeter).
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  • 33 25 A ban on writing, broadcasting, making film or theatre appearances, and the selling of advertisements for commercial purposes, may be Included In contracts which Australia's cricket tourists In England will have to sign.
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  • 211 25 World Record At Empire Games Sydney, Saturday. THE world's record for the 120 yards hurdles was broken In the final at the Empire Games, today, wh*n 30.000 were present In sulky, oppressive weather. The record, however, is not likely to be ratified owing: to the help given by a following
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  • 352 25 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. rnHE Segamat Malays opened their socce season well with a fine win over the Government English School by six goals to one on the school padang last week. Play was handicapped by a wet pitch and a heavy ball.
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  • 104 25 DUGBY games played yesterday re- suited as follows: Aldershot Sers. 0, Harlequins 16. Army 11, London Scottish 9. Bath 3, Bedford 0. Bradford 3, Headlngly 8. Bristol 13. Oxford Univ. 0. Cambridge Univ. 11, Rosslyn Park 0. Coventry 8, St. Mary's Hos. 13. Devonport Sers. 7. Portsmouth 8.
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  • 31 25 Bombay, Saturday. At the close of play today Lord Tennyson's team had scored 130 (Amar Singh 5 for 47) and an India eleven <3 for 5.
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  • 589 25 Remarkable Scoring In International Rugby Game Dublin, Saturday. IN a Rugby international game here today England beat Ireland by 36 points (six goals, one try, one penalty goal) to 14 points (one goal, two tries, one penalty goal). Rain which had fallen overnight cleared before the start and the ground
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  • 73 25 Longer Races For Girl Athletes U7OMEN athletes are tired of men officials who, when planning sports meetings, imagine that only the shortest of sprints are suitable for their delicate constitutions. During the track season of 1938 they want to show their prowess over longer distances. They do not even agree
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  • 39 25 M. Estrabeau the French professional, has commenced his duties In Lucknow as the official coach of the All India LT.A. He will instruct India's leading players as well as some of the more promts ng, resident markers.
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  • 1524 25 competition played on Saturday, resulted: York 1 Middlesbro' Luton 1 Manchester C. J Charlton 1 Aston Villa Arsenal 0 Preston 1 Sunderland 1 Bradford Brentford 2 Manchester U. Liverpool 0 Huddersfield Chesterfield 2 Tottenham 2 Second round ties in the Scottish :Cup: Aberdeen 5 St.
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  • 317 25 POLICE GET 7-3 WIN OVER SCHOOLBOYS (From Our Own Correspondent.): Segama; CEVEN goals to three! That was the I score registered by the Segamat Police at soccsr r.galnst the the Covernment English Schx>l on the school padang yesterday. Tils was the flsst outing o." the mata rop.tas and .he ttam
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  • 725 26 Foong Seong Cup Debate INTER-PORT MATCHES QUESTION By Our Badmintou Correspondent OADMINTON enthusiasts all over Malaya will await with no little interest the results of the annual general meeting of the Badminton Association of Malaya which is being held at Kuala Lumpur today. So far as Singapore
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    84 26 The officials of the Malays State badminton tournament: Left to right: Abdul Rahman (secretary) Singapore, A. Sujak (chairman) Singapore, Inche Indot (Selangor) chairman, S>yed Salim (Singapore) and Mohd Jaffar (Singapore). Bradbury. Tarrant anii Avery of the Islington Corinthians among the boys of St. Joseph's and St. Patrick's to whom they
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  • 179 26 FRIENDLY SPORTING ASSOCIATION A successful function was held by the members of the Friendly Bportlng Association at the Tal Tong Restaurant. New World, on Saturday. Feb. 5 9a "elebrate the Chinese New Year. About 70 members sat down to i dinner. Speeches were made on the presen- taticn of a
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    27 26 The Argonauts B.P. (Malacca) team which beat the Shamrock "B" B.P. by five games to nil. They meet Shamrock "A" in the final of the inter-party championship.
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  • 201 26 (From Our Ov;i Correspondent AN interesting hockey match has been arranged for tomorrow when the Government Services team will meet the Rest team at the Muar Has- i pital ground. The Government Services possess a formidable side. They have in Satar and Cook
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  • 188 26 (Prom Out Own Correspondent > Johore Bahru. yHE president, Mr. Soo Txe Ylng. and the A members of the Johore Oversea -Chinese '^creation Club entertained Mr. Tsn Song -an of Labis to dinner on Prldav night in 'tonour of his appointment as the first patron )f the
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  • 129 26 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban TIE Merry Oanj B.P. of Seremban, who havr been doing remarkably well in the 1937 i State badminton championships, entered the I most number of competitors in the tournament. It will be recalled that their captain Lim Ewe Law, won the open
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  • 760 26 BEFORE the beginning of this year's badminton season, It is appropriate to refresh the memories of all local followers of he sport, concerning the many sue -osses of clangor's leading racket-wielders. both In :>cal and inter-State tournaments during the •■ast year. The most meritorious performance was, of course,
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  • 131 26 At the annual R.'neiai meeting of the Chine: c Friendly Assccl&tion held last Thursday at the Assocla lon's pre.nl es. 12S, Alrert Street, top floor, the official; for the year 1933 were elated as follow:: Pa-.'.uiu, Messrs. Sng Kwee Sam and Smi Ch'vei Senjr; president, Mr. Sng
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  • 633 27  -  'ECHO Local Players Should Have Learned MuchSingapore's Problem Of A Team To Beat Services BY THE Islington Corinthians have 1 now left Malaya. Their few weeks with us are a very pleasant memory. They gave us some really good-class soccer, and it will be the fault of
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    32 27 E. P. Dp war. E. M. H. Harding-Roberts and I>. H. Pickup (left to tight) ntakinr a triple dead-heat in the two miles race at the Oxford University A.C. inter-colleria tc sports.
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  • 387 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar. GIVING a scintllating display of hockey for fifteen minutes In the second half the Malays scored six goa!s and turned what might have been a severe defeat into a hard w >n and narrow victory when they met the Muar
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  • 204 27 SPORT SLUMP ENDING IN BATU PAHAT (From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Pahat. A FTER a long period of inactivity, dating from the beginning of the Malay fasting month, the sporting bodies are beginning to sit up and notice that their period of rest must end. Football and cricket enthusiasts will
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  • 109 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batu Pahat. IT it understood that a meeting of the local cricket association will soon be held to elect a new secretary. Four fixtures have already been made and It Is hoped that this year the local team will be able to
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  • 139 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) riatu Pahat. f OCAL football, cricket and hockey Lv enthusiasts will be glad to know that there Is a chance of a playing field for them as certain responsible people are beginning to Interest themselves in the question of
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  • 47 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. The annual general meeting of the Johore P.W.D. Athletic Association held on Jan. 23 has been ruled out of order. In Its stead another meeting will be held on Feb. 20 in the office of the State Engineer.
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  • 64 27 A team selected from the following will represent the Social A. P. In the S.C.F.A. League against St. Matthew's Y.P.G. today at the Clerical Union ground Bah Chee, Imm Peng, Ban Teck. Ah Pang, Ah Lye. Kirn Swee. Cheng Hoe, Tong Teo. Chong Bian. Paul Ong, Kirn Hock.
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  • 704 27 STANDARD OF HOCKEY IMPROVES WITH THE SEASONS— TWO CRICKET MATCHES. fßy the Sunday Times, Seremban Corresponder.) JJEGRI SEMBILAN. the Cinderella State In the Malayan hockey world, has Just cause to be proud of its achievements during the past season. The State did not win a single fixture
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